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Inclusiveness in India

Contents List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction: Inclusiveness in India – A Challenging Strategy for Growth and Equality

Recent economic performance: background to the inclusive growth strategy What does the government mean by ‘inclusive growth’? India’s past development strategies Challenges in current inclusive growth strategies Structure of volume and major findings

Growth poverty linkages and income–asset disparity in the inclusive growth strategies Disparity in access to social services Issues of the weaker sections of the population in the inclusive growth strategies Perspectives for overcoming underdevelopment: the case of Bihar

Concluding remarks Acknowledgements Notes References

PART I Growth–Poverty Linkage and Income–Asset Relationship in the Inclusive Growth Strategy

1 Infrastructure, Economic Growth and Interstate Disparity in India

Introduction Descriptive analysis of growing income disparities across Indian states Infrastructure and economic growth

Brief review of literature State-wise provision of infrastructure: the case of electricity

Empirical analysis

Data and methodology Results

Constraints for the provision of infrastructure: the case of Bihar

Bihar: the state left behind The state of the state revenue Plan expenditure and the provision of infrastructure

Findings and conclusion Notes References

2 Changes in Land Distribution and Non-agricultural Growth in India

Introduction Changes in the distribution of land and assets in the 1980s and 1990s Methodology and data Results

Mean comparisons Probit regression

Interpretation of results Conclusion Notes References

3 Financial Inclusion and Poverty Alleviation in India: An Empirical Analysis Using State-wise Data

Introduction A history of financial inclusion in India Financial inclusion and poverty conditions Selected literature review Model and data Empirical results Some concluding remarks Notes References

PART II Disparity in Access to Social Services

4 Health Inequality in India: Results from NSS Data

Introduction Data Estimates by expenditure quintiles

Infrastructure Perinatal health Household health expenses and finance in inpatient care Household health expenses and finance in outpatient care

Concluding remarks Notes References

Appendix: NSS Data

Sampling design Means Nonresponse

5 The Implications of Migration and Schooling for Urban Educational Disparity: A Study of Delhi Slum Children

Introduction Data collection and profile of children

Context and data collection Profile of slum children

School attendance and type

School attendance Private schooling

Out-of-school children

Drop-out children Never-attended children

School costs Migration and school attendance

Framework of analysis

Results and discussion Conclusions Acknowledgements Notes References

PART III Issues of Weaker Sections in the Inclusive Growth Strategy

6 Electric Light and Minorities: The Provision of Semi-public Goods to Weaker Sections in India

Introduction Muslims and social infrastructure

Muslims’ socio-economic backwardness and government policies Electric light, as a basic social infrastructure and Muslim communities

Theoretical background and data

Theory of ethnicity and the allocation of public goods6 Data and variables

Results and analysis

Analysis based on the pooled samples of four states Analysis of each state

Concluding remarks Notes References

Census of India, 2001

Housing Census, 2001 Census, 2001

Articles and books

7 Challenges for Inclusive Sustained Employment: An Attempt to Organize Female Embroidery Homeworkers in Delhi

Introduction Theorizing homeworkers Overview of homeworkers in India

Scale and characteristics Historical evolution Embroidery homeworkers in the export-oriented ready-made garment industry

Interventions by SEWA Delhi in organizing embroidery homeworkers

Organization and activities related to the embroidery programme Production process of the embroidery programme The challenge of dual objectives

Survey findings

Socio and economic profile of embroidery workers and their households Differences between SEWA Delhi’s work and work with middlemen Workers’ perceptions of SEWA Delhi

Conclusion Notes References

PART IV Perspectives for Overcoming Underdevelopment: A Case-Study of Bihar

8 Historical Origins of Underdevelopment and a Captured Democracy: An Analytical Narrative of Bihar

Introduction The political economy of underdevelopment in Bihar

Distortions of pro-poor policy Economic and political dominance of landed castes The crucial role of historical legacies

The burden of historical legacies Much ado about nothing: the protection of bataidari rights Divide et impera: welfare schemes for the underprivileged Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References

9 Interstate Disparity in India and Development Strategies for Backward States

Introduction Trends in regional disparity Development strategy, asymmetric federalism and regional disparities Growth of the Bihar economy

Aggregate and sectoral growth rates Human development Poverty ratios Literacy and education Health status

Towards an alternative development strategy Conclusion References

Index

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